Footnotes to Plato from the foothills of the Superstition Mountains

Saturday Night at the Oldies: The Woman as Devil Theme

Marlene dietrich  The question is posed in this 1955 Clovers number.  But perhaps you are more familiar with the Bobby Vee cover.  Elvis Presley learns that appearances can deceive.  Marty Robbins succumbs to temptation and begs his Mary for forgiveness.  An aging Mitch Ryder gets it up one more time in this rousing version of Devil with the Blue Dress.


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